Thursday, June 09, 2016
Worshipers and well-wishers take photographs as the casket with the body of the late boxing champion Muhammad Ali is brought for his jenazah, an Islamic funeral prayer, in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Thousands of people of all races and creeds gathered for a Muslim funeral service in Muhammad Ali’s hometown in Kentucky to pay their respects to a man who fought in the ring and sought peace outside it.
Visitors from different nations gathered to pay respect to Ali.
Among those who attended the funeral were Ali’s former promoter Don King and another boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard.
However, scalpers are seen selling tickets to Muhammad Ali’s funeral service in Louisville, Kentucky on Friday.
The tickets, which were distributed for free, are being sold on platforms craigslist and Ebay for $100.
Muhammad Ali will be interred in his hometown Louisville, Kentucky following the star-studded memorial service.
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